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Girls outshine boys in HSC

Wasim Bin Habib
Girls outshone boys in this year's Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations in terms of pass rate.
The number of male students participating in the examinations was higher than that of their female counterparts but results show that girls were more successful.
Awareness among parents and girls and facilities like government stipends mainly contributed to such a change in a society like this where girls' education is thought to be not necessary, said education boards' officials and principals of different colleges.
A total of 4,26,755 girls and 4,90,918 boys took the HSC and equivalent examinations under eight general education boards, madrasa and technical boards this year. The success rate among girls is 79.19 percent while it is 78.23 percent among boys.
Among the eight general boards, girls did better in Dhaka, Rajshahi, Jessore, Chittagong and Dinajpur boards while boys from Comilla, Barisal and Sylhet excelled in the exams.
However, the boys performed much better in terms of achieving highest grade point average (GPA)-5. Some 33,168 boys achieved GPA 5 while 27,994 girls made it to the highest grade.
Girls are getting facilities from the government, which encourage them to be more sincere in their studies, Manju Ara Begum, principal ofViqarunnisa Noon School
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and College in the capital, told The Daily Star.
"They will do better if given more facilities," she added.
Dhaka Board Chairman Prof Fahima Khatun said girls in the cities had always performed well but this time girls from rural areas did better compared with the previous years and that was why the overall pass rate of girls was higher than boys.
Parents in rural areas are becoming serious in educating their daughters, she told The Daily Star.
Besides, most of the girls in rural areas opt for humanities and die pass rate in humanities group is quite good, she added. REASONS BEHIND RECORDBREAKING RESULTS
Board chairmen, teachers and students attributed this year's record-breaking HSC results to joint efforts by students, teachers and the care of guardians.
They said English and subjects in science group are the decisive factors for good results. Students did comparatively well in these subjects this year.
Strict monitoring by the education officials to ensure regular classroom activities and keep examination centres free of unfair means and students' competitive attitude played a vital role in the success.
Besides, teachers had been told to be generous in giving marks, said an official preferringanonymity.
According to the data available, the pass rate in English in most of the boards is over 80 percent. In Dhaka Board, the pass rate increased to 87.83 from last year's 82.84. Sylhet Board saw the rate rise to 91.40 percent from 81.81. Other boards also did better in English.
The pass rate in physics is over 75 percent in all the boards while the pass rate in chemistr}' is more than 80 percent. Except for candidates from Barisal board, ninety percent of the students who had taken accounting exam succeeded.
"We have extended teachers training programme that has begun to pay off," Dhaka Board Chairman Prof Fahima said.